Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Enclosed in this kit, you will find a 34" X 3-1/2" strip of cream fabric. From this cream fabric strip, cut four 3-1/2" squares and cut two 9-1/2" X 3-1/2" strips.From a high contrast dark Christmas fabric (from your stash), cut two 3-1/2" squares, and two 9-1/2" X 3-1/2" strips.To form the letter "H", sew a cream 3-1/2" square to two opposite sides of the dark 3-1/2" square, press towards the dark square. Sew the long side of a dark 9-1/2" X 3-1/2" strip to each side of the 3-1/2" combo strip to form the letter "H", press towards the dark strips.To form the letter "O", sew a cream 3-1/2" square to two opposite sides of the dark 3-1/2" square, press towards the dark square. Sew the long side of a cream 9-1/2" X 3-1/2" strip to each side of the 3-1/2" combo strip to form the letter "O", press towards the combo strips.

Enclosed in this kit you will find a piece of cream fabric which should be used as the background for an appliqued star or stars, or used to piece a star. The block must measure 9-1/2" X 9-1/2" when finished, and must include the cream fabric provided in this kit. Please use Christmas fabric for your star.Do not trim your star block. We will be trimming the blocks down to a target size, so please leave the trimming to us.Also submit a piece of your Christmas fabric 11-1/2" X 11-1/2" square.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Monday, July 8, 2013

Hello, Quilt Guild Members!!I missed seeing all of you at the June meeting, but I have a good excuse: I was on vacation in Europe with my husband, David! We had a great time and it is always so wonderful to see historic places and new sites.While we were in London, we visited the Albert and Victoria Museum. I really wanted to see the textile exhibit as I have heard such good things from friends who were lucky enough to view it. Upon entering the museum, I was informed that it had been taken down (!!!) and the quilts and other textiles had been placed around the museum in collections that were in some way connected with each piece by time period. Boy, was I disappointed! However, on the bright side, while waiting for the plane, I had downloaded an app for the same textile exhibit!!!! All was not lost......July is here and our nation’s birthday/holiday is celebrated this month. It seems fitting to thank all the quilters who have made quilts and other items for our nation’s military and their families. God Bless American Quilters!!My many thanks also to Barbara Hoffman for taking the responsibility for organizing andentering our quilts in the national AQS challenge it was fantastic that some guild members had the opportunity to submit their quilts for a national show. It will be around again in two years, so maybe we plan do it again.Thanks again to Noreen Mazarroppi for handling the June meeting for me. I really appreciated it.I will see you on the 11th and look forward to catching up on all the news!It is going to be a hot summer this year, so stay in your quilt studios and sew!Keep quilting, BarbaraThe Bring List

Quilts and Quilt tops for Oklahoma tornado survivors

$ for new Lotto Block kits, Carrie Nation block in fall colors. Due in August